<p class="text2"><span style="color: #000000;">Vat Si Saket was built in 1818 on the orders of King <span style="color: #000000;">Anouvong</span> (Sethathirath V.) Si is derived from the Sanskrit title of veneration <span style="color: #000000;">Sri</span>, prefixed to the name of V<span style="color: #000000;">at Saket</span> in Bangkok, which was renamed by Anouvong's contemporary, King <span style="color: #000000;">Rama I</span>. </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #000000;"> Vat Si Saket was built in the <span style="color: #000000;">Siamese style</span> of Buddhist architecture, with a surrounding <span style="color: #000000;">terrace</span> and an ornate five-tiered roof, rather than in the Lao style. This may have kept it safe as the armies of <span style="color: #000000;">Siam</span> that <span style="color: #000000;">sacked</span> Vientiane in 1827 used the compound as their Headquarters and lodging place. It may now be the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane. The <span style="color: #000000;">French</span> restored Vat Si Saket in 1924 and again in 1930.</span></p>
<p class="text2"><span style="color: #000000;">Vat Si Saket features a <span style="color: #000000;">cloister</span> wall with more than 2000 ceramic and silver <span style="color: #000000;">Buddha images</span>. The temple also houses a <span style="color: #000000;">museum</span>.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 25px auto; vertical-align: middle; display: block;" title="vat si saket" src="http://arasa-tour-laos.com/documents/recadr%C3%A9e.jpg" alt="Vat Si saket" /><br /></span></p>